Abstraktes Bild by Gerhard Richter sold for £3,177,250 ($5,134,436), against an estimate of £1 million to £1.5 million, at London's Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 16 February 2011. A mesmerizing work that represents the pinnacle of the artist’s move into abstraction, it was one of 4 works by the artist offered at this evening’s auction, all of which sold. (RT: 2:54)
17 February 2011